If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffAmazing Grace by Mary HoffmanMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeA Chair for My Mother by Vera B. WilliamsThe Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
Reading Rainbow Featured Books
14th out of 168 books — 82 voters
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsAlphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezA Doll Like Me by Kimberly  GordonMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeWhistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Multicultural Children's Lit
9th out of 526 books — 190 voters

Grandfather's Journey by Allen SayThis Grandmother Could Be Good by Lady Nicole JohnsonThe Napping House by Audrey  WoodLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la PeñaGrandpa Green by Lane Smith
Picture Books About Grandparents
9th out of 454 books — 71 voters
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Runaway Quilt by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff BrumbeauThe Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
Quilt on the Cover
9th out of 245 books — 37 voters

The Mitten by Jan BrettThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsExtra Yarn by Mac BarnettThe Keeping Quilt by Patricia PolaccoJoseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
Picture Books About Warm Quilts and Soft Mittens
11th out of 70 books — 23 voters
Gathering Blue by Lois LowryUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellHomeless Bird by Gloria WhelanLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Garment and Textile
56th out of 230 books — 74 voters

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsA Chair for My Mother by Vera B. WilliamsMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeAmazing Grace by Mary HoffmanI Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont
African American Picture Books
157th out of 459 books — 194 voters
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonThe Dot by Peter H. ReynoldsMouse Paint by Ellen Stoll WalshIsh by Peter H. ReynoldsArt & Max by David Wiesner
Children Books About Art
83rd out of 279 books — 161 voters

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry PinkneyNoah's Ark by Jerry PinkneyJohn Henry by Julius LesterThe Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenMirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack
Best of Jerry Pinkney
8th out of 54 books — 7 voters
Martin's Big Words by Doreen RappaportHenry's Freedom Box by Ellen LevineRosa by Nikki GiovanniTar Beach by Faith RinggoldSweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Picture Books for Black History Month
42nd out of 126 books — 21 voters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Best Picture Books
2272nd out of 3,261 books — 2,116 voters
The Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffLove You Forever by Robert MunschJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgThe Mitten by Jan Brett
Picture Books of the 1980s
142nd out of 431 books — 45 voters

The Hat by Jan BrettThe Mitten by Jan BrettTown Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan BrettAnnie and the Wild Animals by Jan BrettThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Wonderful and Beautiful Picture Books for Children
28th out of 34 books — 1 voter
Hair Love by Matthew A. CherryBeautiful by Stacy McAnultyYou're the Hero by Lily MurrayI Like Myself! Lap by Karen BeaumontThe Adventures of Kumuka James by Dave Simmons
We Need Diverse Books (Picture Books)
96th out of 108 books — 3 voters

Miss Nelson Is Back by Harry AllardThe Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna ColeGregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchell SharmatIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffAmazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Reading Rainbow Books
39th out of 106 books — 6 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryPerfume by Patrick SüskindLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of 1985
236th out of 343 books — 217 voters

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric CarleAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstCorduroy by Don FreemanA Bad Case of Stripes by David ShannonThe Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
Preschoolers at Third Grade Level
19th out of 62 books — 3 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangSleep Well, Siba & Saba by Nansubuga Nagadya IsdahlThe Other Side by Jacqueline WoodsonTales of the Astonishing Black Spark by Charlie J. EskewHenry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
The Culturally Relevant Bookshelf
142nd out of 151 books — 63 voters

Star of Wonder by Paige W. PendletonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderGuess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Longing for the Country Life
155th out of 184 books — 46 voters